Feel the Bern: Why this Super Bowl will be like no other

People ride a zip line above a sign for the Super Bowl ahead of the Super Bowl 58 NFL football game, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is scheduled to host the Super Bowl 58 on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher) (John Locher, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

This Sunday we will try to make like it’s any other Sunday but it’s not. It can’t be. That’s because this Sunday the 58th Super Bowl will take place in Las Vegas. That’s a sentence we thought we’d never see.

The NFL used to bad mouth Vegas like it was the root of all evil. Maybe it is but funny how money can make people change their view!

It’s the San Francisco 49ers vs. the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs are looking to repeat as world champions. The Niners are looking for their 6th Super Bowl win in franchise history. But the Niners haven’t won one since 1995 so their fans are in the ‘they’re due’ mode. Not sure anyone in Detroit will root for them.

Last Sunday was one of the more exhilarating and painful afternoons in Lions’ history. The Lions held a 24-7 lead over the Niners in the NFC Title Game. Detroit needed 30 minutes to punch their ticket to the Super Bowl for the first time ever. But two 4th down conversions and a turnover and suddenly their dream was gone. But again, we ask...why is this Sunday unlike any other Sunday?

It’s Super Bowl Sunday, silly! And it truly would have been unlike any other if the Lions could have held on. They didn’t! But how much do you love the talk about next season? See you in 52 weeks in New Orleans...fingers crossed...and lessons learned from this year.


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